1997 Metro Manila Film Festival


The 23rd Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1997.
MaQ Productions' Nasaan ang Puso won the most awards at the festival with ten, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Maricel Soriano, Best Actor for Christopher de Leon and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards among others. Viva Films and Neo Films' Magic Kingdom followed with six awards including the Best Float and the Third Best Picture Award. Meanwhile, the Second Best Picture, Gem's Babae got four awards. The festival also showcases the first Filipino full-length animated film Adarna: The Mythical Bird.

Entries

Winners and nominees

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Best FilmBest Director

  • Nasaan ang Puso - MaQ Productions
  • *Babae - GEM
  • *Magic Kingdom - Viva Films and Neo Films
  • Chito Roño - Nasaan ang Puso
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Christopher de Leon – Nasaan ang Puso
  • Maricel Soriano – Nasaan ang Puso
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Ronaldo Valdez – Nasaan ang Puso
  • Nida Blanca – Babae
    • Best Production DesignBest Cinematography
  • Bradley J. Mayer - Magic Kingdom
  • Richard Padernal - Magic Kingdom
    • Best Child PerformerBest Editing
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  • Jaime Davila - Nasaan ang Puso
    • Best Original StoryBest Screenplay
  • Ruel Bayani - Babae
  • Roy Iglesias - Nasaan ang Puso
    • Best Original Theme SongBest Musical Score
  • Babae
  • Jesse Lasaten - Nasaan ang Puso
    • Best Visual EffectsBest Make-up Artist
  • Roadrunner Network, Inc. - Magic Kingdom
  • Manuel Benito - Magic Kingdom
    • Best Sound RecordingBest Float
  • Albert Idiona, Ronaldo Asis and Arnold Reodica - Nasaan ang Puso
  • Magic Kingdom - VIVA Films and Neo Films
    • Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards-
  • Nasaan ang Puso - MaQ Productions
    		• -

    Multiple awards